Eriksson’s eyes blinded by loyalty

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SVEN-GÖRAN Eriksson decided not to visit the Oval on Friday, but he was out and about at the weekend, doing BBC and talkSPORT interviews and going to White Hart Lane. The FA has obviously urged him to address the media so that he can explain himself and — it hopes — reverse some of the damage done by last week’s defeat by Northern Ireland.

I don’t find Eriksson a particularly convincing interviewee, though. He didn’t persuade me to his way of thinking — even after listening carefully to him yesterday, I’m not clear what his way of thinking is. I